GEOG 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Separatism, Subtropics, Nationstates
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Academically, political refers to: structure and function of governments, issues related to territoriality, power structures in various societies, political geography is concerned with the analysis and spatial expression of these ideas, types of histocrtial political organization. World- systems analysis identifies three types of political, social and economic organization in history: Traditionally, anthropologist and political geographers generally identify five types of political organization that have occurred in human history: band societies. Members united by ethnicity, cultural traditions and kinship. Order based in around a relatively small number of nuclear families. No formal political claim to territory, with the exception of hunting territory, perhaps. But strong territorial identity that is associated with cultural identity. Few examples today; a few areas in southwest africa, parts of tropical southeast. Asia, some regions in the amazon basin: tribal societies. A few or several bands of people united by common descent, linguistic similarity and cultural values and traditions.
